Profile

Position:

Research Fellow

Keywords:

cognitive modelling;

mental health, evaluation, emotions;

Short profile:

Raffaella Pocobello, PhD (Clinical Psycology). Post-doc fellow as principal
investigator in different projects aimed to evaluate innovative approaches in the
field of mental health, such as Recovery Houses, Open Dialogue Approach, co-produced
services like the Marco Cavallo experimental Centre. These different
interventions are all based on the assumption "nothing about us without us”,
promoted by the international movement of mental health services users. The main research activity is finalized to
the comprehension and the evaluation of the outcomes of these interventions,
with special focus on the analysis of cognitive, emotional and social process
underlying the recovery process of people with experience of severe mental
health issues.

Research

Principal investigator in different projects aimed to study and evaluate recovery oriented interventions in the field of mental health. My theoretical background is mainly based on Cristiano Castelfranchi's and Maria Miceli's works on values and clinical cognitivism. My empirical approach cernters on the active involvement of all the stakeholders with a special focus on mental health service users.

Pocobello R. The evaluation process: first annotations. In: International Workshop on the introduction of the Open Dialogue Approach in the context of mental health services: an assessment of organizational issues (Roma, 10 july 2015).